Originally published in The Christian Post As many as 11 Christians were killed in a December 6 bus attack carried out by the Somali-based radical Islamic terrorist group Al-Shabaab in Kenya, according to a Christian persecution watchdog group. Police said a group of armed men ambushed a bus travelling from […]
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Underground Somali churches reach out to persecuted orphans
Originally published in Christian Headlines Orphans in Somalia whose parents were killed for their faith by Islamic extremist, Al Shabaab rebels are becoming more numerous – and hungrier, an underground church leader said. The pastor started a care center for the orphans three years ago in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, […]
Four Kenyan Christians beheaded in latest Islamist atrocity
Originally published in Christian Today Islamist militants went from house to house in villages on Kenya’s north coast on Wednesday, dragging out victims, shooting them and then beheading them. Witnesses to the horror said four died in total and called on police to act after they accused security services of […]
Kenyan Christians killed for refusing to recite Islamic Shahada
Originally published in World Watch Monitor Three Kenyan Christians were hacked to death by Al-Shabaab militants at night on August 18, after they refused to recite the Islamic prayer of faith. A fourth Christian – the mentally challenged older brother of one of the three – was also killed. At […]
Somali Islamists execute 28 non-Muslims on Kenyan bus
Originally published in Christian Today The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab said it had staged an attack in Kenya on Saturday in which gunmen ordered non-Muslims off a bus and shot 28 dead, while sparing Muslim passengers. Three of the group led out to be killed saved their lives […]
Fear grips Kenyan coast as local politicians ‘linked’ to Al Shabab killings
Originally published by World Watch Monitor After at least 65 people were killed a month ago on June 15 in the predominantly Christian town of Mkepetoni, 40km inland from Kenya’s mainly Muslim coastal strip, attacks in the area have continued. Now residents are sleeping in a nearby prison because they […]